Interview With Analisa by Anaka Boerner
I am Analisa and I am 33 years old. I am from San Diego California. I have lived in Denver Colorado and Las Vegas Nevada as well. I was raised…
Interview Transcript
Analisa who are you?
I am Analisa and I am 33 years old. I am from San Diego California. I have lived in Denver Colorado and Las Vegas Nevada as well. I was raised primarily by my mother because my father was in the Navy and doing his own thing. When I was 5 I moved to Denver and lost contact with my dad, when I was 7 I moved to Las Vegas for a year then I moved back to San Diego for the rest of my life. I went through middle school and high school here and got my diploma. With questions and uncertainty about my future I attended college at Grossmont college at El Cajon California and got my associates degree in forensic technology, which is like administration of justice. From there I was interested in law enforcement studying without knowing really what I wanted to do still. I worked at a security company doing clerical work when a friend suggested I apply to a law enforcement agency in San Diego. Now I currently work in law enforcement, not on the streets but as a sheriff for a jail. I have been doing that 7 ½ years now. I am also currently the happy and proud momma of two cute fur babies Mia and Leo. I am a big dog lover!
As someone who has moved and gone to school and graduated and had a degree and is working out in the field, what is your definition of success?
My definition of success? I guess I would say, just following what you want to do in life and what your calling is no matter how long it takes to get there and no matter the obstacles it takes to get there in the end you are successful because you are doing what you want to do in life. It doesn’t mean being rich or having all the money in the world. It means being happy where you are in life with your career.
In regards to your job, what kind of obstacles do you face?
It’s a dangerous job. Obviously, it is a dangerous job when doing law enforcement out on the streets but working in the jail, there’s also danger. Just because you are dealing with them face to face. She started working at a female jail, but now she works at a primarily male jail. As a female was a little nervous and you have to watch your back and have good officer safety so you aren’t assaulted. There have been many cases where inmates have looked up female officers on social media and all in all it is a dangerous job. But she works with mostly male deputies so she is pretty much never alone. She says that main type of environment is the biggest obstacle for her.
What is your opinion with police brutality when it comes to police and African Americans in the jails?
In the jail where we have cameras, there are literally cameras all over and now they are rolling out with body morph cameras the same one’s officers wear on the streets, from my point of view, race is not an issue in the jail because there is just every race in the jail, Black, White, Hispanic, and if we do have to go hands on with an inmate or use any type of force, to me its not about race its based on their behavior and their reason on why they needed to use force. But to me, I have not seen any issues based around racism from the jail I work in.
Who inspires you?
Who inspires me? I believe, no I do not believe I know it is my mom. Just because she is a strong woman and she has gone through a lot in her life and she was also a single mom for three of her children. She has never had help. She moved out here from Denver before I was born and she literally with nothing. She came out here I believe she told me she only had $500. She made it for herself. She raised me my brother and my sister here. Now she has a very good job, and for me that is the definition of success is to see my mom like in a spot where she is now. She has always inspired me and she is my best friend which is corny but she is my best friend and she is the reason I am the way I am today. Strong, independent, and just she persevered through a lot and that’s why she inspires me.
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